Building Builders!: Random Building Thoughts

Friday, July 1, 2022

Random Building Thoughts - 2022-07-01

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Symbols:

Visual Rhetoric

Seducing, Persuading, Placating,

Enticing, Sedating, Provoking,

Aggravating and Illuminating Minds

Since Time Immemorial.

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What if I told you...

...nothing...

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And in our unbridled excitement,

we may sometimes unwittingly

provide fuel & spark

to those who would gladly

burn us.

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Freemasonry shows you a bag of seed.
It is entirely up to you to grab hold of it,
prepare the soil for what it will receive,
plant its contents properly
and caringly nurture every last one of those seeds
toward Perfection (fruition).
Don't be the one left holding the bag
when a hungry world comes banging at your door.
Do the right thing! Cultivate!

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Masonic Education, not Freemasonic Education masquerading as such, is intended to shape your mind into a receiver which can recognize vital patterns that are already present before you. No Worthwhile Astronomical Understanding comes forth without first laying a firm Foundation.

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Where does the Yin Yang Symbol come from?

This is the well-known Chinese Yin Yang symbol. Sometimes it’s called Tai-Chi symbol. The Tai-Chi is from I-Ching. The I-Ching is the greatest foundation of Chinese philosophy. It’s development is from the natural phenomena of our universe. Because I-Ching comes from nature, it should be easy.

By observing the sky, recording the Dipper’s positions and watching the shadow of the Sun from an 8-foot (Chinese measurement) pole, ancient Chinese determined the four directions. The direction of sunrise is the East; the direction of sunset is the West; the direction of the shortest shadow is the South and the direction of the longest shadow is the North. At night, the direction of the Polaris star is the North.

They noticed the seasonal changes. When the Dipper points to the East, it’s spring; when the Dipper points to the South, it’s summer; when the Dipper points to the West, it’s fall; when the Dipper points to the North, it’s winter.

When observing the cycle of the Sun, ancient Chinese simply used a pole about 8 feet long, posted at right angles to the ground and recorded positions of the shadow. Then they found the length of a year is around 365.25 days. They even divided the year’s cycle into 24 Segments, including the Vernal Equinox, Autumnal Equinox, Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice, using the sunrise and Dipper positions.

They used six concentric circles, marked the 24-Segment points, divided the circles into 24 sectors and recorded the length of shadow every day. The shortest shadow is found on the day of Summer Solstice. The longest shadow is found on the day of Winter Solstice. After connecting each lines and dimming Yin Part from Summer Solstice to Winter Solstice, the Sun chart looks like below. The ecliptic angle 23 26′ 19” of the Earth can be seen in this chart.

The light color area which indicates more sunlight is called Yang (Sun). The dark color area has less sunlight (more moonlight) and is called Yin (Moon). Yang is like man. Yin is like woman. Yang wouldn’t grow without Yin. Yin couldn’t give birth without Yang. Yin is born (begins) at Summer Solstice and Yang is born (begins) at Winter Solstice. Therefore one little circle Yin is marked on the Summer Solstice position. Another little circle Yang is marked on the Winter Solstice position. These two little circles look like two fish eyes.

In general, the Yin Yang symbol is a Chinese representation of the entire celestial phenomenon. It contains the cycle of Sun, four seasons, 24-Segment Chi, the foundation of the I-Ching and the Chinese calendar.

SOURCE: http://transmissionsmedia.com/where-does-the-yin-yang.../